A statistical-process based approach for modelling beach profile variability

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-29

  Pender, Doug ^a   Karunarathna, Harshinie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach erosion and accretion; Beach profile morphodynamics; Extreme storm statistics; Narrabeen Beach; Storm erosion; XBeach

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; CROSS-SHORE BEACH PROFILES; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELS; MORPHODYNAMICS; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; STATISTICAL MODELLING; STORM EROSION; XBEACH;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; STORMS;

BEACHES;

ACCRETION; BEACH EROSION; BEACH PROFILE; MODELING; MORPHODYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NARRABEEN BEACH; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84880399028     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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